Dharmagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dharmagarh (Sl. No.: 79) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Dharmagarh.

Dharmagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictKalahandi
BlocksDharmgarh, Koksara, Kalampur, Jaipatana
Electorate2,32,513 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created1957
PartyBJD
MLAMousadhi Bag
Const. No.79
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesKalahandi

This constituency includes Dharmgarh block, Kalampur block, Koksara block, and 2 Gram panchayats (Bandigaon and Ranamal) of Jaipatana block.[3][4]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rabindra Pattjoshi by a margin of 16,158 votes.[5]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rahasbihari Behera by a margin of 22,906 votes.[6]

Elected members
Vote share of winning candidates [7]
2009
 
 35.83%
2004
 
 48.25%
2000
 
 42.44%
1995
 
 31.64%
1990
 
 54.66%
1985
 
 61.45%
1980
 
 51.80%
1977
 
 41.57%

Thirteen elections were held between 1957 and 2009. The elected members from the Dharmagarh constituency are:[8][9]

  • 2014: (79): Puspendra Singh Deo (BJD)[10]
  • 2009: (79): Puspendra Singh Deo (BJD)
  • 2004: (96): Bira Sipka (BJD)
  • 2000: (96): Bira Sipka (BJD)
  • 1995: (96): Bira Sipka (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (96): Bharat Bhusan Bemal (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (96): Jugaram Behera (Congress)
  • 1980: (96): Gajanan Nayak (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (96): Gajanan Nayak (Congress)
  • 1974: (96): Dayanidhi Naik (Swatantra Party)
  • 1971: (90): Lochan Dhangada Majhi (Swatantra Party)
  • 1967: (90): Lochan Dhangada Majhi (Swatantra Party)
  • 1961: (38): Mukund Naik (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1957: (28): Janardan Majhi (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmagarh [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mousadhi Bag
INC Digambar Duria
BJP Anant Pratap Deo
BSP Jubaraj Parabhoi
HND Ghasiram Nial
BMP Nirmal Jal
API Puspalata Chouhan
Independent Bajrang Agarwal
Independent Rabindra Kumar Pattjoshi
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 election Result
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Puspendra Singh Deo 59931 32.76
BJP Rabindra Pattjoshi 43773 23.93
INC Tushar Ranjan Pattjoshi 33569 18.35
AAP Bishnu Prasad Agrawal
AOP Shyam Sundar Panda
BSP Sibaram Naik
CPI Sushanta Kumar Naik
SP Dhanugopal
SKD Kuber Sahu
SAMO Digambar Duria
Kalinga Sena Akrur Prasad Sethia
NOTA None of the above
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 election
2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Dharmagarh[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Puspendra Singh Deo 56,470 35.83 -12.42
INC Rahasbihari Behera 33,564 21.30 -14.45
BJP Janardan Panda 31,573 20.03 -
SP Surendra Kumar Pattjoshi 18,834 11.95 -
BSP Kalyani Naik 4,393 2.79 -
SAMO Hira Bag 4,015 2.55 -
Independent Subash Chandra Naik 2,557 1.62 -
Kalinga Sena Baikuntha Dhangdamajhi 2,057 0.94 -
Independent Bhubaneswar Durga 1,452 0.92 -
Independent Gobinda Chandra Rout 1,432 0.91 -
Independent Prahalad Agarwal 1,265 0.80 -
Majority 22,906 14.53[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,57,621 71.66 -
BJD hold Swing 7.14[lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 voter turnout was 64.52%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Dharmagarh (79) District: Kalahandi
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. http://elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/dharamgarh.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 22906
  7. "96 - Dharamgarh (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Dharamgarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  10. Elections.in http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/dharamgarh.html. Retrieved 13 August 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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